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United Nations specialized agency for the postal sector, representing postal governance across 192 member states.
The panel cautions that there is no scientific guarantee that autonomous agents will follow their instructions and that evidence of them departing is already accumulating. Accountability and oversight must therefore be built by design and not reconstructed from failure.
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Universal Postal Union, remarks at “Thematic discussion 3: Safe, secure and trustworthy AI - Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence Governance - Day 2,” UN Transcripts, July 7, 2026.
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AI Verified UPU says autonomous agents have no scientific guarantee of following instructions and evidence of departures is accumulating; directly relevant to AI alignment solvability. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago
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AI Verified UPU says autonomous agents lack a scientific guarantee of following instructions; the recorded answer “against” is supported. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago

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AI Verified UN transcript attributes this exact statement on autonomous-agent accountability to the Universal Postal Union. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago
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